PROVIDING A POLICY TOPOLOGY MODEL THAT INTERCONNECTS POLICIES AT DIFFERENT LAYERS

摘要

A policy topology model that relates policies at different layers associated with an enterprise is provided, where the layers include a higher-level business layer and at least a lower-level layer. The policy topology model includes a policy topology map of the policies and corresponding policy engines to implement the respective policies. A connection module of the policy topology model is used to interconnect the policies at the different layers and to associate multiple domains. The connection module under a particular condition also transforms at least one of the policies.